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Oh, and…

Posted in fun on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »

It’s July 31st. Wish me a happy birthday… Or the cat gets it. Happy birthday to the other ~1.8 x 10^7 people who share my birthday. Including Columbia, and these people and all this stuff happened. My first birthday present today was from Tim, and it was this link… WANT!

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I Want to Believe

Posted in X-Files, movies on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, so, lots on my mind these days. But first, I do need to put out my thoughts on the X-Files Movie, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. If you haven’t seen it already, clearly you were not as obsessed with the show enough to care that I’m going to be spewing SPOILERS left and [...]

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Being Kidnapped by a Dalek

Posted in Doctor Who, stupidity on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So I’ve finished with my *big move* and I’m still unpacking. Ugh, unpacking is teh suck. I’ll catch up with a review of the X-Files movie a little later but first a fun news tidbit from everyone’s favorite sysadmin… (did you thank your sysadmin last Friday for Sysadmin Day?) Dalek-voice changer at centre of bizarre [...]

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Wafergate 2008

Posted in atheist, religion on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was totally being productive today! And then PZ had to go through with his cracker desecration. Okay, pulled myself away from the comment thread for now. Seriously, read his whole post. He’s got a very good point! I have to say, he’s also got cajones for doing this. After the first death threat I [...]

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Radio Astronomy on the Moon

Posted in astronauts, astronomy, science on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So I’ve been able to sit in on a video-conference for a group that is putting out a plan for a low frequency radio telescope on the Moon. I’m just a wee student, so I observed quietly. There are a lot of technical challenges, and the science is fascinating and there is SO MUCH to [...]

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Crackers and Dancing

Posted in fun, rant, skepchicks on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

First, a PSA. If you are doing construction work in a townhouse development where people are still living, please do not turn up the bass on your car to “head pounding” at 7:30 in the morning. Grrr! Next, I love Rebecca over at Skepchick for her latest post on the “Cracker Debacle.” I have yet [...]

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Musical Interlude

Posted in music on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have developed a music-crush (as opposed to man crush) on George Hrab. So, the other day, I finally got the in the mail Hrab’s 2004 album Coelacanth. After hearing such good songs as “BrainsBodyBoth” and “Think for Yourself” on Skepticality, I had to give it a shot. I even followed their advice to buy [...]

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Somewhere, some intern speech writer is laughing his or her ass off…

Posted in humor, politics on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Who said there’s never anything interesting on C-SPAN? (Seriously, it’s worth it… your irony meter will asplode…) (Shamelessly stolen from the Bad Astronomer’s twitter post)

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Wave at the Nice Astronauts!

Posted in astronomy, space on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Did you know that you can see the International Space Station with the naked eye? It’s actually quite bright! Space.com reports on some great opportunities to see the ISS from North America and Europe over the next few weeks. They include a recommendation for http://www.heavens-above.com for figuring out your viewing times. On the home page, [...]

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Podcast-y goodness

Posted in astronomy, podcasts, skeptic on July 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Happily, I have gotten over my “podcast-block” where I couldn’t listen to one and do anything else, especially work. I still can’t read a paper and listen, but most of my other tasks I can do while listening along. So I’ve finished Skepticality, working backwards mostly because I was initially interested in the recent topics, [...]

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